Update on Sexual Harassment Story

The Martin Chronicles has been asking a lot of questions. We have also been carefully listening. Several sources have shed more light on the alleged sexual harassment at city hall. We'll share some of what we have learned so far.

• According to multiple sources, Mayor Martin was made aware of the sexual harassment concerns during the early summer. Not surprisingly, we have found no evidence that Martin did anything to address the concerns at the time.
• Several city employees witnessed what they deemed repeated inappropriate behavior by a council member toward a city employee. It is unclear whether any of those employees reported the inappropriate behavior to Martin.
• The mayor, city attorney, city council and others were made aware of a questionable e-mail the city employee received from the council member a few weeks ago. We are told that the city attorney launched an investigation into the e-mail. He reported back that the councilman's five year old daughter was playing something called "The Wedding Game" with her father's IPhone and the little girl also inadvertently sent an email inviting the employee to play along in the game. [Editor's Note: Anything is possible. Far fewer things are probable.]
• After the e-mail incident, the ball-bearings-in-her-head interim city clerk reportedly told co-workers that the allegedly harassed employee was "bi-polar" and "playing a game". Oddly enough, others report that the uber-dense interim city clerk often spoke of observing the councilman's inappropriate behavior towards the city employee. Fence-straddling, anyone?

So why should you care about this?

The Martin Chronicles doesn't care one wit about the salacious nature of this story. Frankly, given the rapidly deteriorating conditions at city hall, we'd be surprised if something like this wasn't taking place. But we are concerned that, once again, the mayor's lack of professionalism and failure to lead has placed the taxpayers in legal and financial jeopardy.

Finally, the city attorney reminds us of the fellow who pushed a broom behind the elephants in the circus parade. When asked why he didn't quit the dreadful job, the broom-pusher replied, "What?!?! And give up show business?!?!?"

How might the city attorney reply when asked why he doesn't quit following Mayor Martin's parade with his legal broom? "What?!?! And pass up all that EASY MONEY?!?!?"